These Are the Badasses Fighting ISIS on the Frontline in Iraq

A Peshmerga fighter flashes the sign for victory on top of an armored vehicle on the front line of fighting with Islamic State (IS) militants 20 kilometers east of Mosul, on August 18, 2014. Kurdish peshmerga fighters backed by federal forces and US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive Monday against jihadists after retaking Iraq's largest dam, as the United States and Britain stepped up their military involvement. (AFP)